Heritage specialist Dr Kevin Rains from Niche’s Brisbane office presented at the joint conference of the Australian Society for Historical Archaeology (ASHA) and the Australian Institute of Maritime Archaeology (AIMA), on Friday 28 September 2018 in Parramatta. His presentation, entitled The Ravenswood Mining Landscape and Chinese Settlement Area Project, was based on Niche’s involvement in…
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Due to strong demand from clients across the state, Niche Environment and Heritage has expanded its presence in Far North Queensland, recently adding two new appointments and moving into new offices in Cairns. Senior environmental consultant Anne-marie Ten Hoorn brings with her more than ten years of experience gained within the public sector (predominately at…
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Niche Environment and Heritage’s multidisciplinary consulting team has significant experience in providing advice to our clients’ residential, industrial and commercial development projects. Now, for the first time, Niche will participate in the Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) NSW state conference as a sponsor and exhibitor. This one-day conference will explore current and emerging challenges…
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Niche Environment and Heritage is proud to have been approved as a prequalified service provider to Subsidence Advisory NSW. The state government’s Subsidence Advisory NSW supports communities living in areas where there is the possibility of mine subsidence, which is defined as the movement of the ground that can occur after underground coal mining. Our…
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Niche Environment and Heritage is proud to support the Australian Network for Plant Conservation (ANPC). Niche has recently become a member of this not for profit organisation, which aims to promote and develop plant conservation in Australia. ANPC’s activities include training courses, publication of current research and plant conservation techniques and guidelines, and promotion conservation,…
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Like many things, Project Kermit grew out of a conversation at a dinner table. A lively discussion around the problems with single use plastic, particularly in ocean environments, got us all talking about how each of us work to reduce our use of plastics in our homes and home offices. From this Project Kermit was…
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Niche Environment and Heritage is proud to sponsor NSW Mining’s Health, Safety, Environment and Community (HSEC) Conference and Awards – the NSW mining industry’s biggest event of the year. The theme of the conference this year is “Share, Innovate, Succeed,” and the event brings together policy experts and decision makers to talk about operational and…
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Niche Environment and Heritage was engaged by Carpentaria Gold to undertake the scientific excavation of historical gravesites at the original cemetery site at Ravenswood, in north Queensland, after the location of the cemetery was established during heritage assessments for the proposed Ravenswood Gold Mine Expansion Project. The cemetery is believed to have been in use…
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Portland Cement Works is a state significant heritage site located in the town of Portland, in the NSW Central Tablelands. The landowners, AWJ Civil, are proposing to sensitively re-develop the site to adaptively re-use the existing buildings as well as building new structures to offer commercial, residential and recreational opportunities. The project – named The…
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Our team of accredited environmental offsetting experts and ecological consultants developed and implemented a project plan for client South 32 Illawarra Coal to establish the Appin West BioBank site on their 85 hectare property at Wilton, NSW. To find out more, read South 32’s update Ensuring Koalas have a home, and our project case study…
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Evelyn Craigie has joined Niche Environment and Heritage as a senior ecologist, based at our head office in Sydney. Evelyn has over 14 years’ professional experience and is an accredited BAM assessor under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016. Her qualifications include a master’s degree in Environmental Management and she is a member of the Ecological…
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“Information gathered will help provide a timeline of Aboriginal occupation from Wentworth to Broken Hill.” Our cultural heritage work along 270km of WaterNSW’s Wentworth to Broken Hill pipeline made the local newspaper recently. Originally published the Barrier Daily Truth, Friday 8 June 2018, you can read the full story here.
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